Osteopathy was founded in 1873 in the USA by Andrew Taylor Still (ahead of physiotherapy 1921 and chiropractic 1895). A treatment system A.T Still researched himself and developed into a healing art of manual therapy. Even today more than any other health system it recognises the relationship between structure and function, how each affects the other and imbalances affect the musculo-skeletal system and other systems in the body.
How To Become An Osteopath
Osteopaths are trained to give relief to a range of physical musculo-skeletal symptoms including low back pain neck pain and headaches.
To become an osteopath in Australia you need to complete a five year full time degree. The degree covers many of the subjects your local GP would have covered in their first few years of study, including in-depth anatomy and physiology, neurology, pathology, pharmacology, diagnosis and treatment. Some osteopaths are also fortunate enough to have spent time in the dissection rooms, where a superior understanding of the human body is obtained by dissecting and holding body parts in a controlled environment.
Osteopaths Medical And Science Training

Osteopaths are highly trained in the art of diagnosis. They can take blood pressure, auscultate the heart, do an eye examination and have an enormous number of orthopedic and neurological tests which will give them information leading to a diagnosis. By doing these tests and ruling out potentially dangerous issues, osteopaths recognise when a different level of investigation is required, and will refer a person back to their GP or to a consultant for an ultrasound, x-rays, MRI’s blood tests or more.
Neurology is a major component of an osteopaths training. This means studying the brain with all its functioning areas, and the spinal cord with all its tracts, and the different nervous systems in the body which control different aspects of the body – such as the enteric nervous system which controls the gut, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and the cranial nerves which control many of the functions of the face and facial organs.
Osteopaths are highly trained in the diagnosis of neurological conditions. They carry out a range of tests from reflexes and muscle strength tests to special tests for the cranial nerves, all of which provide information that goes into a diagnosis.
What Makes Osteopaths Special

Osteopaths care about their patients and want the best for them at all times. They do not perform techniques which may put their patient at risk. Safety is always a priority. Osteopaths abide by the Hippocratic oath, ‘First, do no harm’.
At Osteo Near Me, Charley regards pain as an indicator of dysfunction in the body. That apart from where a person feels discomfort, other areas may be influencing or be influenced by it. Charley will work to relieve the presenting symptoms and discomfort you feel and also make sure that the actual cause is addressed also.
Osteopaths are required, by law, to maintain ongoing professional development and education every year to stay in practice. In Australia, all osteopaths are required to be government registered practitioners. As part of the integrated health care system in Australia, just as your osteopath may refer you to a GP for tests, your doctor may refer you to an osteopath for treatment.
Charley has maintained her post graduate training by continually updating her training and keeping abreast of the latest changes in osteopathic regulation.
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